Trott cool on chances of matching Hoy gold record

Laura Trott is playing down her chances of matching Sir Chris Hoy's record Olympic medal haul, but hopes her fiance, Jason Kenny, can reach the feat so she might get the title 'Lady Laura.

Trott, who has two gold medals to her name, could become the first British woman to win a third Olympic gold, when she competes in the omnium and team pursuit in Rio.

The 24-year-old cyclist has more Olympics ahead, giving her a great chance to match Hoy's six golds, but it's fiance Kenny who she believes has the greater immediate opportunity of adding to his three golds.

"The fact he can be level with Sir Chris' record is just insane," she said in several newspapers. "I obviously hope he gets it. Also I want him to become 'Sir' so I become Lady Laura."

But asked about her own chances, Trott said: "I joked about breaking Sir Chris Hoy's record if I carried on and I guess I will let you know after Rio about how I feel, but...it doesn't seem like me. It doesn't feel like me. If it happens, it happens.

"I see Sir Chris as like the god of cycling. And for me I am nowhere near that. For me to break the record that he set seems so far out of my comfort zone and so far out of what I could achieve it seems not something I could think about."